A couple have celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with a toast to a man
they never knew. Les Harlow met the RAF officer on a train in 1941 and
thanks to him, tracked down the girl he had wanted to marry since the age of
six.

The couple, both 92, grew up in North Wales. Mr Harlow met Mary Catherall in
the village school, but was sent to boarding school aged eight. He did not
see her again until he was 16, but she won a scholarship to study in London.
When war broke out he joined the RAF and